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| Title |
Shaw, Van Burton
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| Author |
Finley, Judith Reid, 1936-
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| Type of Resource |
mixed material
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| Digital Origin |
reformatted digital
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| Date Created |
1980-04-25
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| Date Digitized |
2010-05-14
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| Rights Statement |
Portions of this interview may only be used for educational or scholarly purposes. All rights in the manuscript and recording, including the right to publish, are reserved to the Colorado College Tutt Library. PERMISSION TO PUBLISH IN ANY FORMAT MUST BE REQUESTED from Special Collections, Colorado College Tutt Library.
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| Description |
Van Shaw came to Colorado College in 1952 as Professor of Sociology. He served as chairman of the Sociology Department from 1954 through 1968. Active in community affairs, he served as president of the Colorado Springs Family Service Association. In his interview, Shaw discusses his roles as professor and committee member, philosophy of teaching, student attitudes, the block plan, race relations at Colorado College, the 1960s, college presidents.
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| Note (admin) |
Digitized from the original Special Collections Audio tape R36. This interview is part of a larger collection totaling 89 individuals. Interview transcripts converted to PDF/A from Microsoft Word. Other file materials, biographical data sheets, indexes, legal releases scanned from originals and converted to text searchable PDF/A using Fujitsu 4150 scanner and Scandallpro software version 1.5. Scanned at 400 dpi. Photos scanned at 500 dpi and saved as jpeg. There are 131 preservation wave files (44.1 kHz, 16-bit) and 131 delivery mp3 files (128 kbps) in the set. Each file represents up to an hour of material, equivalent to one side of a reel-to-reel tape or both sides of a cassette tape. The 262 files are now located on both of two hard drives in Special Collections, the master drive (A1) formatted for Mac and a backup drive (B1) formatted for PC. (.wav preservation masters created by Tom Sanny using Final Cut Pro. Analog tapes digitized as QuickTime 44k16b .mov files. Dead air edited out and sound levels adjusted ; .wav files exported using FCP QuickTime Conversion tool ; .mp3 files created from .wav files using Switch.) All files are monaural.
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| Subject (topic) |
Oral history
Universities and colleges
Faculty
Sociology
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| Subject (corporate name) |
Colorado College
Colorado College. Dept. of Sociology
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| Subject (personal name) |
Shaw, Van Burton, 1917-2006
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| Subject (time) |
1950-1959
1960-1969
1970-1979
1980-1989
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| Subject (geographic) |
Colorado
Colorado Springs (Colo.)
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| Subject (form) |
Personal narratives
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| Added Author |
O'Connor, Anne
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| Publisher |
Colorado College
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| Place of Publication |
Colorado Springs, Colorado
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| Language |
eng
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| Series Title |
Colorado College Oral History Collection
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| Handle |
http://hdl.handle.net/10176/coccc:3061
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